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Dehumanizing Transgender Human Beings

Started by Natasha, August 15, 2008, 05:59:19 AM

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August 15, 2008, 05:59:19 AM
Dehumanizing Transgender Human Beings

Pam's House Blend
Autumn Sandeen
8/15/2008

As I'm writing this piece early August 15th, there are two stories of really dehumanizing comments by large, corporate media outlets towards trans people in the news. The more recent of the stories is from August 14th on the Fox News Channel, in which Fox aired a crude and obnoxious segment concerning the recent announcement of America's Next Top Model: there's going to be a transgender contestant on the show. The earlier piece is from August 13th, in which a syndicated Clear Channel Communication morning radio show referred to the recently murdered transgender teen Angie Zapata as a "man," a "he," a "he/she," a "thing," and an "it."
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